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The golden age of coaching came between 1815 and 1840 as great road improvements occurred allowing trams, carts and buggies to be towed by horses comfortably. As companies vied for market share, one man stood out above the rest. William Turton made his money as a Hay and Corn Merchant but is better known as a founder and long-time chairman of Leeds Tramways Company and with the Busby brothers, founder and director of horse tramways in ten of the largest cities of northern England. It is an exciting mixture of biography, social history and city politics.

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Horse Drawn Transport in Leeds
  • Author : Andrew Turton
  • Release : 27 January 2015
  • Publisher : The History Press
  • ISBN : 9780750963152
  • Genre : Transportation
  • Total Page : 312 pages
  • Language : English
  • PDF File Size : 12,8 Mb

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